TAMMACHAT sponsors another book party and daily reading program at a rural school in Laos!
From Big Brother Mouse: Nov. 13, 2013 -- Today, every student in Duantai Village will be enjoying a book during their school's new reading time. Until now, most of these children had probably never even seen a book except perhaps a textbook, and had never read a book for enjoyment. Some didn't even know such things existed.
With your help,
we've set up a reading program in the primary school here. Many of these
children won't be reading at first; reading skills are very weak,
because they have so little practice. But now, with the very easy books
that we provide, those skills will improve. To start off the new
program, we held a book party for the children.
Our website, www.bigbrothermouse.com tells more about what we do at a book party, and about our reading program.
At the end of the party all the kids got to select a free book of their own, nearly always the first book they've ever owned. Then we left a set of books for every classroom, so they can have a reading time every day.
At the end of the party all the kids got to select a free book of their own, nearly always the first book they've ever owned. Then we left a set of books for every classroom, so they can have a reading time every day.
It was an exciting day for all of the children, and we know they will always remember it -- both because they had fun, and for the magic of opening a fun book for the first time. And now, they can begin to develop a habit of reading every day, and discovering the new world that opens up.
And this is an exciting time for us: Beginning in September, it was the first time we had enough books, for all levels, to introduce this reading program. Thank you for making it all possible!
